Boys basketball: Hughes scores 25 to help Beacon advance

9:40 PM,
Feb. 16, 2014

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Elijah Hughes collected 25 points and eight assists as the Beacon High School boys basketball team defeated visiting Pearl River, 72-64, on Sunday to advance to Wednesday's Section 1 Class A quarterfinal against second-seeded Walter Panas.

"I don't really know much about them," said Tom Powers, coach of the seventh-seeded Bulldogs.

"We hope to get a couple of practices in before Wednesday. We shortened the bench (Sunday) and need some rest. We'll build on the positives we demonstrated and try to make a few corrections from what we see in the game film." ...